Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time of flight sensing unit having reconfigurable OR logic
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Application No.: US15588127Application Date: 2017-05-05
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Publication No.: US11095289B2Publication Date: 2021-08-17
- Inventor: Bruce Rae , Neale Dutton
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Marlow
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Marlow
- Agency: Crowe & Dunlevy
- Main IPC: G01C3/08
- IPC: G01C3/08 ; H03K19/17764 ; H03K19/20 ; H04N5/225

Abstract:
An electronic device includes at least one photodetection block, where the at least one photodetection block includes a plurality of macropixels arranged into an array. Each macropixel includes an array of photodiodes, with logic circuitry coupled to outputs of the array of photodiodes and configured to generate a detection signal as a function of logically combining the outputs of the array of photodiodes. Each macropixel has associated therewith selection circuitry configured to selectively pass the detection signal to output combining logic or to output combining logic of at least one neighboring macropixel of the plurality thereof. The output combining logic has inputs coupled to the selection circuitry and to the selection circuitry of the at least one neighboring macropixel, and is configured to generate an output detection signal as a function of logically combining outputs of the selection circuitry and the selection circuitry of the at least one neighboring macropixel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180323788A1 TIME OF FLIGHT SENSING UNIT HAVING RECONFIGURABLE OR LOGIC Public/Granted day:2018-11-08
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